Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

[Frank Tarczynski]

That's the Gentoo version that I'm using. But I'm looking for a way to make
it bullet-proof to having the plug pulled.

Frank

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:19 PM Michael Jones  wrote:

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> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:16 PM Grant Edwards 
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>> On 2020-05-26, Frank Tarczynski  wrote:
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>> > I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for
>> > my parents.
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>> Sorry, no advice running Gentoo on RPi.  I run OSMC/Kodi on an older
>> RPi, and it works fine, but I don't think there are any video
>> conference apps for Kodi.
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>> But...
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>> For skype and zoom, I'd probably just buy them a 10" Kindle Fire.
>>
>> There are Zoom and Skype apps available for it.  Main drawback:
>> smallish screen and limited to 4 video windows at a time in
>> zoom. However, it's portable: you can flip to the back camera and walk
>> around the house/yard to show something to people.  It's also nice in
>> that you can just tap on a Zoom invite url in the email app, and it
>> "just works".
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>> I haven't trie Skype on Fire.
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>> You can add hangounts/duo, but you've got to futz around sideloading
>> the Google App store first.
>>
>> --
>> Grant
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> FYI, this project exists: https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit
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[gentoo-user] Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

[Frank Tarczynski]

I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for my
parents.

I'm using a RPi 4 that boots from a SD card and an USB webcam/microphone.

Gentoo is the only OS I can find that supports the USB webcam in both
Firefox and Chromium with no issues.

Getting my parents to understand that they need to shutdown the RPi before
hitting the power button is a challenge. And I've not been successful at
finding a case for the RPi 4 with a soft power switch and a fan.

Does anyone have pointers for booting Gentoo in to ram? Or a mode with a
read-only FS? Like the overlay mode in Raspbian?

Thanks.
Frank